Singapore legislation

Regulation 10

of Coroners (Electronic Filing for Coroners’ Courts) Regulations 2015

Regulation 10

Applications and documents to comply with certain matters

Subregulation 1

Every application or document must —

(a)

contain any information and particulars of the death that may be required by the Registrar or a Coroner; and

(b)

comply with any other requirements that may be imposed by the Registrar or a Coroner.

Subregulation 2

The Registrar, a Coroner or any authorised officer or employee of the Coroners’ Courts, may reject any application or document if the application or document does not comply with the Act, these Regulations or any requirement imposed by the Registrar or a Coroner.

Subregulation 3

Any application or document rejected under this regulation is to be treated as having been filed only on the date on which the application or document is subsequently accepted for filing by the Registrar, a Coroner or any authorised officer or employee of the Coroners’ Courts, and not before.

Subregulation 4

Every document, if not in the English language, must be accompanied by a translation of the document certified by a court interpreter, or a translation verified by the affidavit of a person qualified to translate the document, before the document may be received, filed or used in a Coroner’s Court.

Subregulation 5

Amendments to any document must be effected in any manner that may be determined by the Registrar or a Coroner.